EAST CORINTH — Gisele Francoise (Fournier) Hood, of East Corinth, Vermont, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 5, at the Villa Crest Nursing and Retirement Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, after a brief illness.

Gisele was born in East Hereford in Canada and moved to the U.S. when she was 18 years old with her 14 brothers and sisters. She was an accomplished baker, seamstress, quilter, cook, dancer and card player. She was also an avid sports fan and was often found watching her beloved Red Sox well into the evening.

She was the beloved wife of the late James Fred Hood and devoted mother of Linda Hood and her husband, Jerry White, of Auburn, New Hampshire; Mark Hood and his wife, Tammy, of Meridian, Idaho; Carol Hood, of Brattleboro, Vermont; and David Hood and his wife, Mary, of Burlington, Massachusetts. She was the cherished, sweet Grammy to Stephanie and Libby White, and Brian and Sarah Hood. Dear sister of Blandine Dube, Carmen Patterson, Fernand, Raoul, Bruno, Real and Richard Fournier and the late Simonne Cotter, Monique Willey, Laurent, Gerard, Germain, Don and Conrad Fournier.

Visiting hours will be June 14 from 10 a.m. to noon at Hale Funeral Home, 187 Upper Plain, Bradford, Vermont, followed by a funeral Mass at noon in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church located at 113 Upper Plain, Bradford. Interment will take place in the East Corinth Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Visiting Nurses Association of Manchester, 1070 Holt Ave., Suite 1400, Manchester, NH 03109.